Slide
Encyclopedia
Fiction
- Slide, a fictional creature in the Sword of TruthThe Sword of TruthThe Sword of Truth is a series of thirteen epic fantasy novels written by Terry Goodkind. The books follow the protagonists Richard Cypher, Kahlan Amnell and Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander on their quest to defeat oppressors who seek to control the world and those who wish to unleash evil upon the world of...
book series
Music
- Slides (album)Slide (album)Slide is the fifth album by Lisa Germano. It was released in 1998 by 4AD, and was her last album for the label.-Track listing:# Way Below the Radio# No Color Here# Tomorrowing# Electrified# Slide# If I Think of Love# Crash# Wood Floors...
, an album by Richard Harris (Dumbledore) - Slide (album)Slide (album)Slide is the fifth album by Lisa Germano. It was released in 1998 by 4AD, and was her last album for the label.-Track listing:# Way Below the Radio# No Color Here# Tomorrowing# Electrified# Slide# If I Think of Love# Crash# Wood Floors...
, an album by Lisa Germano - Slide (song)Slide (song)"Slide" is the title of a song recorded by The Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in September 1998 as the first commercial single release from their sixth studio album, Dizzy Up the Girl....
, a single by the Goo Goo Dolls - Slide (Slave song)Slide (Slave song)"Slide" was a hit song by R&B/funk band Slave in 1977. Released from their self-titled debut album, it reached number one on the R&B charts in 1977 and peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart....
, a song by R&B/funk band Slave - Step Back/SlideStep Back/Slide"Step Back" / "Slide" is a double A-side single by Superheist from their debut album, The Prize Recruit. The cover was a cardboard sheath over a jewel-case CD featuring a flip style alternative cover with concept art for the two A-sides...
, a single by the band Superheist - "Slide", a song by Dido on the album No AngelNo AngelNo Angel is the debut album by pop singer/songwriter Dido. Originally released in June 1999 in the United States, the album found a mass audience when it was released worldwide in February 2001...
- Slide (tune type)Slide (tune type)In Irish traditional music, a slide is a tune type in 12/8 akin to, and often confused with, a single jig. Slides originated the Sliabh Luachra region of southwestern Ireland....
, a tune type in Irish Traditional Music, common to the Sliabh Luachra area
Musical instruments
- LegatoLegatoIn musical notation the Italian word legato indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected. That is, in transitioning from note to note, there should be no intervening silence...
, where the instrument slides up and down the pitches. - Slide (guitar technique)Slide (guitar technique)A slide is a legato guitar technique where the player sounds one note, and then moves their finger up or down the fretboard to another fret. If done properly, the other note should also sound....
, a guitar playing technique- Slide guitarSlide guitarSlide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...
, a method of playing guitar
- Slide guitar
- Slide (wind instrument)Slide (wind instrument)A slide is a part of a wind instrument consisting of two pieces of tubing fitted one closely inside the other, and used to vary the overall length of the tube, and therefore the pitch of the instrument...
, part of an instrument used to vary the length of a tube, and therefore the pitch of the instrument- TromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
, a musical instrument using a slide - Slide whistleSlide whistleA slide whistle is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it. Thus it has an air reed like some woodwinds, but varies the pitch with a slide. The construction is rather like a bicycle pump...
, a musical instrument using a slide
- Trombone
Sports and recreation
- Slide (baseball)Slide (baseball)In baseball, a slide is when a player, acting as a baserunner, drops his body to the ground once he is very close to the base he is approaching and slides along the ground to reach the base....
, dropping to the ground when going into a base to avoid a tag - Slide (dance), a dance move giving the impression of gliding around effortlessly
- Playground slidePlayground slidePlayground slides are found in parks, schools, playgrounds and backyards. The slide may be flat, or half cylindrical or tubular to prevent falls. Slides are usually constructed of plastic or metal and they have a smooth surface that is either straight or wavy...
, a smooth, sloped surface down which children slide while sitting down - Water slideWater slideA water slide is a type of slide designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use at water parks. Water slides differ in their riding method and therefore size...
, a form of amusement in which people slide down a wet tube into a swimming pool - Sliding tackleSliding tackleA sliding tackle or slide tackle is a tackle in soccer in which a player attempts to take the ball away from an opposing player by deliberately leaving his feet and sliding along the ground with one leg extended to push the ball away from the opposing player.Sliding tackles can often be sources of...
, a skill in soccer - Darkslide, a skateboarding trick
Technology
- Slide.comSlide.comSlide, Inc., operator of the Slide.com website, is a Web 2.0 company founded by Max Levchin and based in San Francisco, California. Originally formed to make photo sharing software for social networking services such as MySpace, the company achieved its greatest success as the largest developer of...
, a software application developer - Slide (form), a slide-out mobile phone design form
- Microscope slideMicroscope slideA microscope slide is a thin flat piece of glass, typically 75 by 25 mm and about 1 mm thick, used to hold objects for examination under a microscope. Typically the object is placed or secured on the slide, and then both are inserted together in the microscope for viewing...
, a thin glass sheet used to hold objects for examination - Photographic slide or transparency, a positive photograph used for projection
- Evacuation slideEvacuation slideAn evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft quickly. An escape slide is required on all commercial aircraft where the door sill height is such that, in the event of an evacuation, passengers would be unable to "step down" from the door uninjured An evacuation slide is...
, an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft - Slide ruleSlide ruleThe slide rule, also known colloquially as a slipstick, is a mechanical analog computer. The slide rule is used primarily for multiplication and division, and also for functions such as roots, logarithms and trigonometry, but is not normally used for addition or subtraction.Slide rules come in a...
, a simple analog calculator - Jakarta SlideJakarta SlideSlide is an open-source content management system from the Jakarta project. It is written in Java and implements the WebDAV protocol. Slide is a set of APIs to implement the WebDAV client. Because of this, Slide can also be seen as a Content Management Framework. The use of WebDAV, which is a...
, defunct Content Management System software - Pistol slidePistol slideThe slide is the part of the weapon on a majority of semi-automatic pistols that moves during the operating cycle and generally houses the firing pin or striker and the extractor, and serves as the bolt...
, the upper half of a semi-automatic pistol, containing the barrel, sights, and ejection port - Slide edit, a video editingVideo editingThe term video editing can refer to:* Linear video editing, using video tape* Non-linear editing system , using computers with video editing software* Offline editing* Online editing...
term for moving a video clip around in a timeline - Linear-motion bearing, a bearing designed to provide free motion in one dimension
Other uses
- LandslideLandslideA landslide or landslip is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rockfalls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments...
, the movement of soil, mud or rock down a slope- Slide (geography)Slide (geography)A Slide in physical geography is a term for the fixed or settled residue of a landslide that has stabilized, sometimes in the form of an alluvial fan. It has become a mostly permanent fixture to the landscape....
, fixed or settled residue of a landslide that has stabilized
- Slide (geography)
- Slide (footwear)Slide (footwear)Slide is a common term that refers to a shoe that is backless and open-toed, essentially an open-toed mule. Generally, all slides are a type of sandal. Thongs and flip flops are normally classified separately. Slides can be high-heeled, flat-heeled or somewhere in between, and may cover nearly...
, a kind of shoe - Slide, California, former name of Fortuna, California
- Presentation slidePresentation slideA slide is a single page of a presentation. Collectively, a group of slides may be known as a slide deck. Historically, a slide was created on a transparency and viewed with an overhead projector. In today's digital age, a slide most commonly refers to a single page developed using a presentation...
, a document format used for presentations